Education Uganda Project #48253

Education for Rural Ugandan Children

by Cosma Sustainable Rural Development

Project Report | Feb 6, 2023
2022 Scholarships and vocational education update

By George Mugeny & Sean Minton | Financial Director & Development Consultant

Cosma's education scholarship recipients

Academic education

Part of Cosma’s overall strategy involves education, both academic and vocational. Education is the most important tool that Cosma provides, allowing youth access that they wouldn't have otherwise. Providing support to hardworking families experiencing extreme poverty allows them to focus on retaining earned income and reinvesting it into their means of production. n 2022, Cosma has sponsored up to 12 students out of 36 of those who applied.

By age and level:

University- 3 Students
Secondary- 2 students
Primary- 7 Primary

During the COVID pandemic, Cosma experienced a large increase in applications and a reduced level of funding, creating an urgent need for the communities that Cosma serves:

Juliet and Nicolas need to pay their university tuition in February of 2023. That costs outstrips what they can currently afford, and part of Cosma’s 2023 budget includes the $2750 they need to graduate

Vocational education

Cosma invests in people, and the skills they need to earn a good wage that supports their families. To do so, Cosma runs a workshop that provides raw materials and training of youths and women to produce crafts for sale. Since the inception of its vocational training program, Cosma has trained 323 youth, and 30 of them have started their own successful enterprises. In 2022:

2 youths began producing shopping bags; over 80 pieces sold at price of 20,000 UGX each
16 youths began making homemade shoes; over 123 pairs were sold at 13,000 UGX each
6 women began basket production; 45 baskets were at sold at 15,000 UGX each

Ms. Lilian used Cosma raw materials for sandals

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James, the lucky child among the family of eight

By George Mugenyi | Director of Programs

Jun 13, 2022
In urgent need to pay and graduate with a degree

By Charles Nsambya | Director of Operations

Support Nicholas to graduate in Informn Technology

NICHOLAS

Age: 23

Grade: University (Bachelors of Information Technology)

Family: Lives with adopted family

Goals: IT Technician

Nicholas always wears a smile on his face, which he says is because of the joy he feels since he was adopted by Cosma. When he was still at young age

Nicholas is the sixth of 8 children. His parents passed on when he was 10 years. Since then Cosma has adopted to stay at director’s home. During primary school, Nicholas was among the best in his class of 150 students all from Primary 1 to Primary 7. He continued his achievements through high school and got high marks in his high school exams to university. He focused on Bachelor of Science and technology at Uganda Martyrs University-Nkozi.

Nicholas talks about how much his life has changed since he joined Cosma at his younger age. He can now feel confident enough to stand firm and speak in public using English. He aspires to be a IT Technician as soon he graduates this year

His current need to pay his pending $1325 University tuition and graduate with bachelors degree in Information Technolology

JULIET

Age: 23

Grade: University (Bachelors of Education)

Family: Lives at Cosma Home

Goals: Become a Teacher.

Julietis a young 23-year-old girl who is at University for her first year, harboring hopes of becoming a journalist someday. Although she is extremely fortunate in that both her parents are still alive, Juliet struggles to live the life of a student. She stays at the Cosma home. As with most kids in her neighborhood, she often falls sick but her love for English and Biology gives her the strength to go to school on days when she should really be going to a hospital. Her hard work has paid off; she managed to score 12 points in the high school exams, the highest score in her class.

What is remarkable about Juliet is that apart from being determined to study and become a Teacher, she would like to see and help bring about a change in her community. She believes that every child should have the opportunity to study, and would like nothing more than to someday make that a reality. For now, She has completed her university course however, she would just like to pay her university arrears to graduate.

Her current need is to pay her pending $1225 University tuition and graduate with bachelors degree Education

Help her graduate as Teacher for her community

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